Author: RACHAEL ADEEGBE

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit a new migrant detention center in Florida on Tuesday, July 1. The center, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is located in the remote Everglades and has already drawn public attention and protests. The facility is a temporary immigration detention center being built at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. It earned its nickname due to its location in the wild wetlands, full of alligators, crocodiles, and even pythons. A Florida official said the natural landscape makes it hard to escape, so it needs very little man-made security. Trump is expected to visit the site…

The Indonesian government is asking South Korea to launch a full investigation into the death of Ngadiman, a 39-year-old migrant worker from Cilacap, Central Java. He died in a workplace accident at a metal factory in South Korea. Minister for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI), Abdul Kadir Karding, said on Sunday that the government is fully committed to following up on the case. “We will push for legal action in South Korea. The state is here and will not stay silent,” he said while speaking in Tangerang, Banten. Ngadiman had gone to work in South Korea through the…

Migrant crossings across the English Channel are getting worse each day, according to GB News Home and Security Editor Mark White. While reporting live, he revealed that four more small boats were trying to reach the UK, showing that the crisis is far from slowing down. “These boats are moving slowly, likely because they are full of migrants,” Mark said. “Each boat we saw yesterday carried over 70 people. Nearly 600 migrants arrived just yesterday.” He warned that the situation could get even worse in the coming months. July through October usually brings calm waters, which makes it easier for…

President Donald Trump has announced that his administration is developing a new plan to issue temporary passes to migrant workers in the agricultural and hospitality industries. This move comes after strong concerns from employers who rely on migrant labour but fear losing workers due to ongoing deportation efforts. Speaking on Fox News, Trump said he wants to protect farmers and hotel owners from the damage caused when long-time workers are suddenly taken away. He explained that many of these workers have been in the U.S. for years, performing demanding jobs that many Americans are unwilling to do. While Trump said…

The UK government is preparing to unveil a new migrant exchange agreement with France, known as the “one-in, one-out” deal, aimed at curbing the surge in illegal Channel crossings and breaking smuggling networks. According to reports from The Times, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to formally announce the initiative next week. Under this new plan, individuals deported from the UK would be exchanged for others in France who have legitimate reasons to relocate to Britain, such as family reunification. The approach is designed to send a clear message: those who pay smugglers for…

A migrant mother and her two children have filed what may be the first legal challenge involving children against the U.S. government’s controversial practice of arresting immigrants outside courthouses. The lawsuit, filed in Texas, argues their arrests violated constitutional protections, particularly their Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable seizure and their Fifth Amendment right to due process. The family, who fled Honduras due to death threats, entered the United States legally in October 2024 using the CBP One app — a tool introduced during the Biden administration to manage asylum entries. They were granted parole by the Department of Homeland Security…

Germany has announced a two-year suspension on family reunification rights for a specific group of migrants, in a new migration law passed by the Bundestag on June 27. The move, which received support from a large majority of lawmakers, will affect migrants granted “subsidiary protection” — individuals not formally recognised as refugees but still at risk of serious harm in their home countries. The new measure was backed by 444 votes to 135, with support from the ruling Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Opponents of the bill…

A new research paper from the European Parliament has blamed Brexit as the major cause of Britain’s worsening migration crisis. According to the document titled “The Brexit Paradox: How leaving the EU led to more migration,” the decision to leave the European Union has directly resulted in a sharp rise in net migration numbers—from 248,000 at the time of the 2016 referendum to 906,000 just seven years later. The EU study argues that had the UK remained in the bloc, it would have had more tools to manage migration challenges, including returning irregular migrants to EU countries they passed through.…

A dangerous new trend is emerging along the African coast as migrants seeking to reach Spain’s Canary Islands embark on longer and more perilous sea journeys. Spanish officials have raised alarms over an increasing number of boats departing from much further south on the continent, particularly from Guinea-Conakry. These journeys, spanning over 2,000 kilometers and lasting more than ten days at sea, dramatically increase the risk to migrants’ lives. Anselmo Pestana, the Spanish government’s delegate to the Canary Islands, confirmed that recent arrivals had come from Guinea-Conakry — a country located far south of the usual departure points in Senegal…

A recent report from the World Bank warns that over 216 million people across six world regions may be forced to migrate within their own countries by 2050 due to climate change, unless swift action is taken. The Groundswell report, published in September 2021, projects that internal population movement driven by slow-onset climate impacts—such as water scarcity, crop failures, and sea level rise—could trigger hotspots of migration as soon as 2030, worsening significantly by mid-century. If greenhouse gas emissions remain high and resilience efforts lag, the most severely affected regions include: Experts highlight that taking early, coordinated action—reducing emissions and…